Drought in Nebraska, July 1 to 31, 2013

Name: Drought in Nebraska, July 1 to 31, 2013
Start: 2013-07-01T00:00
End: 2013-07-31T23:59
Location: Nebraska

July 1 to 31, 2013 · NWS GID · 24 events in 24 counties and zones

S. Drought Monitor, July 2013 marked the 14th consecutive month of D1 Moderate (or worse) drought within South Central Nebraska, continuing one of the most notable droughts since the 1950s.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 24

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, July 2013 marked the 14th consecutive month of D1 Moderate (or worse) drought within South Central Nebraska, continuing one of the most notable droughts since the 1950s. Unfortunately, the majority of the 24-county area endured its second consecutive month of below normal rainfall, with several southwestern counties such as Harlan and Phelps recording their third-consecutive predominantly dry month. On a positive note, the below normal July rainfall in most areas was accompanied by monthly temperatures averaging slightly cooler than normal...in sharp contrast to the notably hot and dry July 2012 one year ago that put considerable stress on crops. Despite the drier-than-normal trend over the past few months, there was essentially no change whatsoever in official drought classification according to the U.S. Drought Monitor over the course of July. As a result, most counties along and east of the Highway 281 corridor remained in D1 Moderate Drought, although pockets of D2 Severe Drought prevailed across much of Greeley, Howard, Webster and Nuckolls counties. The situation remained worse to the west of Highway 281, where nearly all areas were assigned either D2 Severe or D3 Extreme Drought, with the main concentration of D3 within Gosper, Phelps, Furnas, Harlan and Franklin counties. In addition, southwestern Furnas County remained in D4 Exceptional Drought (the worst-possible category). According to reports from around 50 NWS cooperative observers, and also incorporating radar-derived estimation, over 90% of the 30-county area tallied below normal July rainfall (based on normals generally between 3.30-4.10 inches). More significantly, at least 40% of the area received less than half of normal July rainfall. The greatest concentration of totals under 2 focused along a roughly 30-mile wide swath through the heart of the area, generally extending from around Elwood and Holdrege in the west, eastward through the Grand Island/Hastings areas, and then northeast toward Aurora and Osceola. The very limited areas of slightly above normal rainfall were most-concentrated in Valley, Sherman and Nuckolls counties. Per NWS cooperative observers, several of the lowest July precipitation totals featured 0.63 six miles south-southeast of Lexington (Canaday Steam Plant), 0.91 eight miles south of Elwood, 1.21 four miles north of Aurora, 1.25 six miles north-northwest of Oxford and 1.28 at Minden. Grand Island and Hastings tied for their 25th and 29th-driest months of July on record, respectively, out of 118 years. Within the limited above normal areas were sites such as Nelson (5.28) and Ord airport (3.59). In between these wettest and driest extremes, the majority of South Central Nebraska measured July rainfall between 1.50-3.00, including stations in or near York, Hastings, Grand Island, Gothenburg, Franklin, Kearney, Hebron and Fullerton.

Focusing on the longer-range picture of year-to-date precipitation (January 1-July 24), most of the 24-county area stood somewhere between 70-100% of normal. In general, the greatest concentration of 90% of normal or higher focused north of Interstate 80, including 122% of normal at Genoa 2W. In contrast, the greatest coverage of locations with 70% of normal or less focused southwest of a line from Elwood-Red Cloud, including just 59% of normal at Red Cloud. According to the USDA Nebraska Crop Progress and Condition Report for the week ending July 21st, state-averaged topsoil moisture supplies were again on the decline, rating 70% short to very short and only 30% adequate...a marked change from only 27% short to very short in early June. Statewide subsoil moisture also declined, rating 75% short to very short, up from 58% six weeks prior. Crop-wise, irrigated corn across the state rated 82% good to excellent, while dryland corn only rated 45% good to excellent with the poorest conditions focused in the local South Central counties. Soybeans across the state rated 63% good to excellent, while wheat was not as favorable at 50% poor to very poor and only 17% good to excellent. Stock water supplies across Nebraska averaged 25% short to very short, an 11% degradation since early June. Pasture and range conditions exhibited fairly little change over that time span, checking in 39% poor to very poor.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 10:52 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 10:52 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1152 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 426 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013

WE CONTINUE IN THE MIDST OF A RATHER BENIGN WEATHER PATTERN FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR...WITH VERY LITTLE RISK FOR RAIN...ALTHOUGH THE
PRESENCE OF A FEW WEAK DISTURBANCES PASSING THROUGH THE REGION
TECHNICALLY KEEPS POPS IN THE 5-10 PERCENT RANGE MUCH OF THE
TIME...NOT STRAIGHT-UP ZERO. OTHERWISE...SEASONABLY COOL TEMPS
CONTINUE...WITH BOTH HIGHS AND LOWS LOOKING TO AVERAGE AROUND 7-10
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL BOTH TONIGHT/MONDAY.

20Z OBJECTIVE SURFACE ANALYSIS REVEALS THAT THE LOCAL AREA...AND
MUCH OF THE CENTRAL CONUS IN FACT...REMAINS FIRMLY UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF A BROAD RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM A PEAK
MAGNITUDE AROUND 1025 MILLIBARS ALONG THE ND/CANADA BORDER. AS A
RESULT...AFTERNOON BREEZES HAVE PREVAILED FROM A NORTH-NORTHEAST
DIRECTION AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS GENERALLY 12-17 MPH...BUT WITH
HIGHER GUSTS INTO THE 20-25 MPH. NONETHELESS...ITS BEEN A
SEASONABLY PLEASANT AFTERNOON AS MOST AREAS SHOULD REALIZE HIGH
TEMPS IN THE 78-84 RANGE...EXCEPT FOR A FEW OF THE FAR NORTHEAST
COUNTIES WHICH MAY BARELY EVEN HIT 76. ALOFT...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
AND SHORT TERM MODEL DATA DEPICT SEASONABLY STRONG NORTH-NORTHWEST
FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...FLOWING CLOCKWISE AROUND THE EASTERN
SIDE OF AN EXPANSIVE WESTERN CONUS RIDGE CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER
THE NV/UT/AZ BORDER AREA AT A MAGNITUDE AROUND 596 DECAMETER.
MEANWHILE OFF TO THE EAST...A LARGE-SCALE TROUGH CONTINUES TO RULE
THE SCENE ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS. WITH THE LOCAL AREA WITHIN THE
INTERFACE BETWEEN THESE TWO LARGE-SCALE FEATURES...A SERIES OF
WEAK...CHANNELED SHORTWAVE TROUGHS/RIBBONS OF VORTICITY CONTINUE
TO RIDE SOUTHWARD ACROSS NEB/KS...ALONG WITH LOCAL MAXIMUMS IN THE
UPPER JET...AS EVIDENCED BY A 70KT 300MB JET STREAK CURRENTLY
CENTERED OVER EASTERN KS. WITH THE CWA POSITIONED IN THE ENTRANCE
REGION OF THIS MODEST UPPER JET SEGMENT...AND WITH OBJECTIVE
ANALYSIS ADVERTISING MEAGER-BUT-PRESENT SURFACE BASED CAPE OF
100-200 J/KG IN THE PRESENCE OF A VERY WEAK CAP...A FAIRLY DECENT
COVERAGE OF FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS SPRUNG UP THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
SOME ENHANCED-BUT-STILL-SHALLOW CUMULUS FOCUSED WITHIN THE WESTERN
HALF OF THE CWA.

FORECAST-WISE THIS EVENING/TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH ITS NOT VERY
LIKELY...WILL GO AHEAD AND HOLD ONTO A TOKEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SPRINKLES THROUGH 00Z/7PM FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE NEB
CWA...CORRESPONDING TO NORTH-SOUTH AXIS OF SLIGHTLY ENHANCED
CUMULUS DRIFTING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS ACTIVITY...SHOULD IT EVEN
TURN INTO A FEW SPRINKLES...SHOULD FADE AWAY WITH THE ONSET OF
DIURNAL COOLING...AND AS A RESULT WILL REFRAIN FROM ANY SPRINKLE
MENTION POST-00Z...DESPITE A FEW MODELS SUGGESTING THIS MINOR RISK
COULD EXTEND A FEW HOURS BEYOND THAT. OTHERWISE...WILL MAINTAIN A
RAIN-FREE FORECAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT...ALTHOUGH ITS
CERTAINLY LOOKING LIKE SOME RAIN SHOWERS COULD BRUSH WITHIN 50-75
MILES OF THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE CWA ESPECIALLY AFTER 08Z/3AM.
FORCING-WISE ALOFT...ANOTHER MODEST UPPER JET MAX WILL APPROACH
THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON...WHICH IS
PROGGED TO PROVIDE JUST ENOUGH MID-LEVEL LIFT AND SATURATION SUCH
AS EVIDENT ON THE 310K ISENTROPIC SURFACE PER THE 18Z NAM TO
SPARK A BATCH OF RAIN SHOWERS/WEAK STORMS ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA.
ALTHOUGH SUPPOSE CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT A FEW SPRINKLES
LEAKING OVER INTO OUR CWA...FEEL REASONABLY CONFIDENT THAT ANY
ORGANIZED SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD HOLD AT LEAST SLIGHTLY WEST OF
OUR FAR WESTERN FRINGES. AT THE SURFACE TONIGHT...THE DOMINANT
HIGH CENTERED TO THE NORTH/NORTHEAST WILL REMAIN THE MAIN
PLAYER...KEEPING BREEZES DOWN AROUND 5 MPH MOST OF THE NIGHT FROM
THE NORTH-NORTHEAST. ALTHOUGH THE WESTERN CWA COULD SEE A BIT MORE
CLOUD COVER...THE COMBO OF MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES/LIGHT WINDS AND
SEASONABLY DRY AIR SHOULD ALLOW FOR A RATHER COOL-FEEL BY JULY 1ST
STANDARDS...AND NUDGED DOWN LOWS ANOTHER 1-2 DEGREES IN SOME AREAS
PER BLEND OF 12Z MET/MAV GUIDANCE...AIMING FOR A RANGE FROM NEAR-50
FAR NORTH TO MID 50S SOUTH. HOWEVER...RECORD LOWS AT GRAND
ISLAND/HASTINGS ARE STILL FORECAST TO REMAIN SAFE BY 4-6 DEGREES.

TURNING TO MONDAY DAYTIME...KEPT THE RAIN-FREE THEME INTACT...BUT
AGAIN...COULD HAVE SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE
CWA BORDERS..BUT ITS JUST NOT WORTH MENTIONING EVEN A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR OUR PRODUCTS AT THIS TIME. IN THE MID/UPPER
LEVELS...OVERALL LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PREVAILING PATTERN...AS THE
LARGE WESTERN CONUS RIDGE BECOMES EVEN SLIGHTLY MORE
AMPLIFIED...WHILE THE CENTER OF THE EASTERN CONUS TROUGH STALLS
OUT OVER THE MEMPHIS AREA. GIVEN THIS EVEN SHARPER RIDGE/TROUGH
ORIENTATION...FLOW ALOFT OVER THE LOCAL AREA WILL BE ALMOST DUE
NORTHERLY AND REMAIN SEASONABLY STRONG...AS A 65+KT 300MB JET
STREAK RIDES SOUTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN NEB/EASTERN CO AS THE DAY
GOES ON. WITH A SLIGHTLY POCKET OF LOW LEVEL AIR PROGGED TO SETTLE
ACROSS THE CWA AT 850MB PER THE NAM...CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY
SHOULD BE ALMOST NIL LOCALLY...WHILE AT LEAST UP TO A FEW HUNDRED
J/KG OF CAPE DEVELOPS WITHIN 100 MILES OF BOTH THE WESTERN AND ALSO
EASTERN CWA BORDERS. GIVEN THIS INSTABILITY PROG AND ORIENTATION
OF UPPER FORCING...ANY WEAK DAYTIME SHOWERS/STORMS SHOULD FOCUS
ACROSS WESTERN NEB/KS AND POSSIBLY FAR EASTERN NEB AS WELL. WIND-
WISE...ALTHOUGH THE SAME SURFACE RIDGE WILL REMAIN THE MAIN
PLAYER...A SLIGHTLY WEAKER PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD RESULT IN
SLIGHTLY WEAKER BREEZES...WITH SUSTAINED EAST-NORTHEAST BREEZES
ONLY AVERAGING 10-13 MPH. TEMP-WISE...SEE LITTLE REASON WHY HIGHS
WON/T END UP QUITE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF TODAY GIVEN LITTLE CHANGE
IN THE LOW LEVEL THERMAL PROFILE...AND MADE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO
PREVIOUS FORECAST...AIMING FOR 80-82 MOST NEB ZONES...AND 82-84 IN
KS...ALTHOUGH AS SEEN TODAY SOME SPOTS ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-80
MAY STRUGGLE TO REACH 80.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 405 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013

LATEST GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC
PATTERN OVER THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK WITH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST MEANDERING THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK
AS THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY BEGINS TO
RETROGRADE WESTWARD...EVENTUALLY WEAKENING AND LIFTING NORTHEASTWARD
BY THE END OF THE WEEK. WHILE A STRAY SHOWER OR ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW SHIFTS
WESTWARD...MAINLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS...DECIDED TO
REMAIN WITH A DRY FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THE LOW LEVELS
REMAIN FAIRLY DRY AND ACCUMULATING RAINFALL CONTINUES TO LOOK
UNLIKELY DESPITE STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND SMALL CAPE VALUES
TO WORK WITH.

OTHERWISE...NICE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK AS THE
COOL AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE PLAINS IS NOT EXPECTED TO MODIFY
SIGNIFICANTLY UNTIL THURSDAY OR FRIDAY...WHEN THE SURFACE WINDS
SWITCH AND BECOME SOUTHERLY...ADVECTING ADDITIONAL LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA ALONG WITH A MORE SEASONAL AIRMASS.

SO OVERALL...EXPECT A DRY AND NICE HOLIDAY WEEK AHEAD...WITH MOSTLY
CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...ALONG WITH COOL TEMPERATURES...
CONTINUING THROUGH THE 4TH...WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING TO NEAR OR
SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY AS WE TRANSITION INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1140 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013

VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THRU THE TAF PERIOD AS SFC HIGH
PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WINDS WILL BE
FROM A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AND SCATTERED CU CLOUDS ARE
EXPECTED MONDAY AFTN AS CONVECTIVE TEMPS ARE REACHED.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...PFANNKUCH
LONG TERM...SAR
AVIATION...FAY

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 1:56 PM CST, 10 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
256 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
011200-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
256 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

PFANNKUCH/SAR

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

24 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Adams

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Adams forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.525, -98.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Buffalo

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Buffalo forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.855, -99.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Clay

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.524, -98.051 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Dawson

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Dawson forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.870, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Fillmore

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Fillmore forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.525, -97.596 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Franklin

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Franklin forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.176, -98.953 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Furnas

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Furnas forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.177, -99.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Gosper

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Gosper forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.515, -99.831 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Greeley

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Greeley forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 41.567, -98.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hall

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Hall forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.873, -98.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Hamilton

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Hamilton forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.874, -98.023 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Harlan

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Harlan forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.177, -99.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Howard

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Howard forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 41.220, -98.517 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Kearney

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Kearney forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.507, -98.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Merrick

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Merrick forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 41.170, -98.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Nance

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Nance forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 41.397, -97.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Nuckolls

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Nuckolls forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.176, -98.047 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Phelps

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Phelps forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.511, -99.414 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Polk

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Polk forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 41.187, -97.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Sherman

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Sherman forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 41.221, -98.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Thayer

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Thayer forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.176, -97.595 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Valley

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Valley forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 41.567, -98.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Webster

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Webster forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.176, -98.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, York

When: July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: York forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 40.873, -97.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, July 2013

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 462537, 462538, 462539, 462540, 462541, 462542, 462543, 462544, 462545, 462546, 462547, 462548, 462549, 462550, 462551, 462552, 462553, 462554, 462555, 462556, 462557, 462558, 462559, 471303.